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Anon006 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
Third floor
When someone on the elevator asks : what floor?
Why can’t we say:
Third. Instead of three.
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If you said "third" to me, I'd understand perfectly well what you meant, and wouldn't question it. I would speculate that we generally say "three" rather than "third" just because that's how the buttons are labelled.
- If you said "third" to me, I'd understand perfectly well what you meant, and wouldn't question it.
- I would speculate that we generally say "three" rather than "third" just because that's how the buttons are labelled.
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If you said "third" to me, I'd understand perfectly well what you meant, and wouldn't question it. I would speculate that we generally say "three" rather than "third" just because that's how the buttons are labelled.
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